Votes at a glance: Calcasieu Parish Police Jury approves rezoning, servitudes, contracts and several procurement items
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Summary
At its Nov. 20 meeting, the police jury approved a rezoning to light industrial for the 3800 block of Highway 90 West, amendments to floodplain code, rescission of two condemnation ordinances, multiple servitude agreements for waterworks projects, contract awards and several procurement actions.
The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury approved a series of ordinances, resolutions and contract awards at the Nov. 20 meeting, including a rezoning, floodplain-code amendment, rescission of condemnation ordinances, servitude agreements for waterworks infrastructure, contract awards and multiple procurement decisions.
Key actions approved (motion/second as recorded in the public transcript):
- Rezoning (Item 1b): Rezone the 3800 block of Highway 90 West in Ward 7 from agricultural to light industrial to allow a warehouse. Motion to approve with conditions carried (mover recorded as 'Mister Morgantel', second 'Mister Burling').
- Floodplain code amendment (Item 1c): Adopt ordinance amending chapter 26 (floodplain management); motion by 'Mister Quinn', second by 'Mister Markantill'; motion carried.
- Rescind condemnation ordinances (Item 1d): Rescission of ordinances (Nos. 81 21 and 81 21 a) ordering condemnation of a house at 2913 Crockett Street, Westlake; motion by 'Mister Burley', second by 'Mister Eason'; motion carried.
- Servitudes for waterworks and sewer projects (Items 3a–3c): Approved permanent utility servitudes with temporary construction servitudes for the Gauthier Road Sewer Project and for portions of the East Calcasieu Parish Consolidated Water Works project; motions carried on staff recommendation.
- Contract and procurement approvals (Items 5b–5h): The jury authorized an RFQ for bridge reconstruction engineering; accepted staff recommendation to award contracts for Gordon Denison Road realignment/paving to CH Fincenmaker and Associates; approved purchase recommendation for tandem dump trucks from Mark Truck Center at $309,992; accepted bids for water-testing chemicals (Hawkins Incorporated), multiple vendors for mosquito-control chemicals, crushed-stone suppliers (Apex Aggregate Supply and Port Aggregates), and accepted road striping as substantially complete.
Most items passed with routine motions and no recorded roll-call tallies in the public transcript. The jury recessed into an executive session later in the meeting; no content of that session is recorded in the public minutes and no votes from the executive session were disclosed.
The meeting adjourned following return from executive session.